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Five Demonstrations: What the State Fails to See
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (1182+ words) The Wire. in There is a particular kind of district meeting at which I have spent enough hours by now to know the rhythm. Files move; schemes are reviewed; someone produces a number that requires explanation; someone else explains it....
On Harbhajan Singhs Claim that AAP Sold Its Punjab RS Seats, Opposition Congress Demands Probe
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (328+ words) New Delhi: Following Harbhajan Singh's statement that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had "sold' its Rajya Sabha tickets, leaders of opposition parties on Saturday (May 23) demanded that Singh divulge the details of these financial transactions, of who paid what for…...
Jaishankar Raises US Visa Restrictions as Rubio Defends Trump's "America First' Policies
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (1598+ words) New Delhi: External affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday (May 24) publicly raised Indian concerns over tightening US visa rules and legal mobility restrictions during talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as both sides sought to contain growing friction in…...
Theres No Taming the Wild
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (813+ words) Let's admit it. Our hold over nature is only so much, if at all. The shocking incident at Dubare Elephant Camp in which a woman tourist from Chennai was killed in a fight between two elephants, proves this beyond any…...
Cockroach Janta Party Memes Have Sent Everyone's Antennae Tingling
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (474+ words) In the wake of the CJI's comments and subsequent criticism, millions of users took to the Internet to embrace the cockroach as a symbol of perseverance in the face of harsh conditions. CJP set up its social media accounts on…...
Why Israel Closed the Pegasus Deal Probe for Which Ghana Convicted Officials
13+ hour, 28+ min ago (1127+ words) On May 3, 2026, head of National Fraud Investigations Unit of the Israeli police and deputy commissioner Eli Makmal, announced that he had decided to close the case concerning the sale of the Pegasus spyware system by the Israeli company NSO Group…...
Sheema Kermani, Aurat March, Baloch Voices and the Shrinking Democratic Space in Pakistans Sindh
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (1109+ words) You [referring to the police officers] cannot drag me like this " I am 75 years old," Kermani says in a viral video, as officers appear to pull her by the arms. Footage circulating widely on social media shows her surrounded by…...
The Ghost of Empire: Cuba and the Return of American Interventionism
15+ hour, 7+ min ago (405+ words) Observers of recent history will recognise the strategic design. Before Washington escalated its confrontation with Venezuela, it tightened sanctions, isolated the government diplomatically, indicted senior officials on drug trafficking charges, and declared the country a threat to US national security…...
Day 86 of US-Israel war on Iran: Trump Says Iran Deal or Military Strike 50/50
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (394+ words) The Wire. in Real journalism holds power accountable Since 2015, The Wire has done just that. New Delhi: United States President Donald Trump said on Saturday (May 23) that the US is split "50/50" between arriving at a peace deal with Iran and…...
Of Denials and Cockroaches: Does the Gen Z See Asking Questions As Patriotism, Not Hostility?
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (331+ words) Driven by a barrage of critical statements from various political civil rights bodies, two of the highest dignitaries in India: the prime minister and the chief justice issued hasty personal denials The first story regarding a seven-point cost saving advice…...